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September, 2016
Curriculum Vitae
JEANNE L. TSAI, Ph.D.
Stanford University (650) 736-1843 (office) Department of Psychology E-mail: [email protected] 420 Jordan Hall, Room 171 http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~tsailab/ Stanford, CA 94305 https://culture-emotion-lab.stanford.edu/
Current Position 2007- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University Education
1996 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (in Clinical Psychology)
1993 M.A., University of California, Berkeley (in Clinical Psychology) 1991 B.A., Stanford University (in Psychology) Research Interests My research examines how culture shapes affective processes (emotions, moods, feelings) and the implications cultural differences in these processes have for what decisions people make, how people think about health and illness, and how people perceive and respond to others in an increasingly multicultural world. Previous Positions
2000-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
1997-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities Campus 1996-1997 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Service and Minority Mental Health,
University of California, San Francisco 1995-1996 Clinical Intern, University of California, San Francisco (A.P.A. accredited) Honors and Awards 2015 Fellow, American Psychological Association
2015 Fellow, Association for Psychological Science 2012 Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
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2010 Fellow, Society for Experimental Social Psychology
2009 Asian American Activities Center Faculty Award, Stanford University 2007-2010 Nina C. Crocker Faculty Scholar, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford
University 2005-2006 Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Stanford University 2003 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions, Asian American
Psychological Association
2003 Junior Faculty Professional Development Fellowship, Irvine Foundation, Research Institute of Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity
2003-2004 Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia
and Affective Disorders
1997 Robert E. Harris Memorial Award, University of California, San Francisco
1995 Western Psychological Association Student Award
1995 Sheldon J. Korchin Prize in Clinical Psychology, UC Berkeley
1994-1996 University of California, Berkeley Graduate Division Fellowship
1991-1994 National Science Foundation Fellowship
1991 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
1991 Firestone Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Stanford University
Grants
John Templeton Foundation, “Defining humility: Its components, causes, and consequences in different national and religious settings.” PI: Jeanne Tsai, under review.
U01, National Cancer Institute, “The role of ideal affect in patient-physician interaction.” PI:
Jeanne Tsai, under review.
National Science Foundation, “The cultural shaping of leadership judgments: The role of ideal affect.” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2013-17, $570,127.
Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, “Cultural neuroscience of trust: The role
of emotion.” Co-PIs: Jeanne Tsai and Brian Knutson, 2015, $10,280. R01, National Institute of Mental Health, “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” PI: Jeanne
Tsai, 2005-2009, $1,025,964. Center for Compassion and Altruism Research, Stanford University, “Does meditation
increase compassion?” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2008-2009, $55,620.00.
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Seed Grant, Stanford Center for Advancing Decision Making in Aging (funded by NIA 5P30AG024957-03), “Striving for good feelings or averting bad ones? The role of affective goals in health care decisions across the life span.” Faculty mentor: Jeanne Tsai, 2009, $40,000.
Seed Grant, Stanford Center for Advancing Decision Making in Aging (funded by NIA 5P30AG024957-03), “Age, affect valuation, and health-related decision-making.” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2006, $40,000.
Institute of Unlimited Love, Case-Western University, “A measure of compassion,” PI: Jeanne
Tsai, 2004-2005, $10,000. R03, National Institute on Aging, “Culture, age, and affect valuation.” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2004-
2006, $144,000. Faculty Grant, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University, “The
socialization of affect valuation: Asian American and European American responses to babies during play,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2004, $4,700.
Office of Technology Licensing Research Incentive Fund Award, Stanford University, “Affect
valuation in Chinese and American cultures,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2003-2005, $50,000. Faculty Grant, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University,
“Interdependence and the desire for calm,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2004, $4,500. 2003 Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and
Affective Disorders, “The effects of depression on emotional functioning across cultures,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 2003-2005, $60,000.
President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award, University of Minnesota, “Culture, emotion,
and depression: A comparison of Hmong and European American young adults,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 1999,” $14,006.
B/START, National Institute of Mental Health, “Cultural influences on relived emotions,” PI:
Jeanne Tsai, 1998, $35,397.
Grant in Aid of Research, Artistry & Scholarship, University of Minnesota, “Cultural influences on relived emotions,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 1998, $19,927.
Bush Faculty Development Program on Excellence and Diversity in Teaching, University of
Minnesota, “Development of ‘Introduction to Cultural Psychology’ course,” PI: Jeanne Tsai, 1998, $3,464.80.
Professional Associations American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science International Society for Research on Emotion Society for Affective Science Society of Experimental Social Psychology Society for Personality and Social Psychology
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Professional Activities
2015-16 Member, Program Committee for Society for Social Psychology and Personality Psychology
2015-16 Executive Committee Member, Society for Affective Science 2015- Associate Editor, Emotion 2013-2014 Member, Voice and Influence Program, Institute for Research on Women and
Gender, Stanford University 2011-2013 Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Self and Identity
2009-2010 Member, Program Committee for Society for Social Psychology and Personality
Psychology 2006-2010 Treasurer, International Society for Research on Emotion 2006-2007 Member, Program Committee, Cultural Psychology Pre-Conference for Society
for Personality and Social Psychology 2005-2006 Member, Program Committee, International Society for Research on Emotion 2005-2008 Member, Executive Committee, Emotion Research Group 2003 Faculty Mentor, Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program, Stanford
University.
2002-2005 Fellow, Difficult Dialogues on the Changing Structure of the Family, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University
2002 Member, Selection Committee for editorship for Personality and Individual
Differences section of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2002 Member, Committee on Teaching of Psychophysiology, Society of
Psychophysiological Research. 2000-2015 Faculty Member, NIMH Predoctoral Training Grant on Personality,
Psychopathology, and Emotion, PI: Ian Gotlib 2000- Faculty Member, NIMH Predoctoral Training Grant in Affective Science, PI:
Robert Levenson, James Gross, Sheri Johnson 2000-2002 Consultant, National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health, PI:
Nolan Zane.
2000-2001 Member, Program Committee, Society of Psychophysiological Research. 2000-2001 Member, Student Award Committee, Society of Psychophysiological Research. 2000-2001 Faculty Participant, American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship
Program.
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1999-2000 Faculty Member, “Planning Grant for Asian American Studies,” New Initiatives
in Interdisciplinary Research and Post-baccalaureate Education Program, University of Minnesota. PI: Josephine Lee.
1998-2002 Member, Conference Committee, Society of Psychophysiological Research.
1997-1998 Member, Program Committee, Society of Psychophysiological Research. Editorial Activities
Associate Editor Emotion Editorial Board Emotion, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Asian Journal of
Social Psychology Reviewer (selected) Cognition and Emotion, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Psychology, Emotion, Journal of Personality, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Science, Science
Reviewer National Science Foundation
Manuscripts under review
Sims, T., Tsai, J.L., Koopmann-Holm, B., Jiang, D., & Fung, H.H. (2016). Ideal affect explains
ethnic and cultural differences in physician preference. Manuscript under review. Chim, L., Hogan, C., Fung, H.H., & Tsai, J.L. (2016). Valuing calm enhances enjoyment of
calming (vs. exciting) amusement park rides and exercise. Manuscript under review. Tsai, J.L., Sims, T., Thomas, E., Jiang, D., & Fung, H.H. (2016). The negative consequences
of valuing excitement for well-being and views of old age. Manuscript under review. Clobert, M. & Tsai, J.L. (2016). Valuing anger and other high arousal negative states
increases prejudice toward outgroups in the U.S. Manuscript under review. Park, B., Blevins, E., Knutson, B., & Tsai, J.L. (2016). Ideal affect match lowers neural hurdles
to giving. Manuscript under review. Peer-Reviewed Articles
Tsai, J.L., Ang, J., Blevins, E., Goernandt, J., Fung, H., Jiang, D., Elliott, J., Uchida, Y., Lee,
Y.C., Lin, Y., Zhang, X., Kaiser, A., Govindama, Y., Haddouk, L. (2016). Leaders’ smiles reflect cultural differences in ideal affect. Emotion, 16, 183-195.
Park, B., Tsai, J.L., Chim, L., Blevins, E., & Knutson, B. (2016). Neural evidence for cultural
differences in the valuation of positive facial expressions. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 243-252.
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Jiang, D., Fung, H.H., Sims, T., Tsai, J.L., & Zhang, F. (2016). Limited time increases the value of calm. Emotion, 16, 52-62.
Sims, T., Tsai, J. L., Jiang, D., Wang, Y., Fung, H. H., & Zhang, X. (2015). Wanting to
maximize the positive and minimize the negative: Implications for mixed affective experience in American and Chinese contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 292-315.
Sims, T. & Tsai, J.L (2015). Patients respond more positively to physicians who focus on their
ideal affect. Emotion, 15, 303-318. Koopmann-Holm, B. & Tsai, J.L. (2014). Focusing on the negative: Cultural differences in
expressions of sympathy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 1092-1115.
Sims, T., Tsai, J.L., Koopmann-Holm, B., Thomas, E., & Goldstein, M. (2014). Choosing a
physician depends on how you want to feel: The role of ideal affect in health-related decision-making. Emotion, 14, 187-192.
Koopmann-Holm, B., Sze, J., Ochs, C., & Tsai, J.L. (2013). Buddhist-inspired meditation increases the value of calm. Emotion, 13, 497-505.
Scheibe, S., English, T., Tsai, J.L., & Carstensen, L.L. (2013). Striving to feel good: Ideal
affect, actual affect, and their correspondence across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 28, 160-171.
Fung, H. H., Ho, Y. W., Tam, K-P, Tsai, J., Zhang, X. (2011). Value moderates age differences in personality: The example of relationship orientation. Personality and Individual Differences, 5, 994-999.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y.E. & Tsai, J.L. (2010). Self-focused attention and emotional reactivity: The role of culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 507-519.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y.E., Tsai, J.L., & Gotlib, I. (2010). Further evidence for the cultural norm hypothesis: Positive emotion in depressed and control European American and Asian American women. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 284-295.
Kwon, Y., Scheibe, S., Samanez-Larkin, G.R., Tsai, J.L., & Carstensen, L.L. (2009).
Replicating the positivity effect in picture memory in Koreans: Evidence for cross-cultural generalizability. Psychology and Aging, 24, 748-54.
Tsai, J.L. (2007). Ideal affect: Cultural causes and behavioral consequences. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 242-259.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Chu, J., Tsai, J.L., Rottenberg, J., Gross, J.J. & Gotlib, I. (2007).
Depression and emotional reactivity: Variation among Asian Americans of East Asian Descent and European Americans. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 776-785.
Ying, Y.W., Lee, P.A., Tsai, J.L. (2007). Attachment, sense of coherence, and mental health
among Chinese American college students: Variation by migration status. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 31, 531-544.
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Tsai, J.L., Miao, F., Seppala, E., Fung, H., & Yeung, D. (2007). Influence and adjustment goals: Sources of cultural differences in ideal affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1102-1117.
Tsai, J.L., Miao, F., & Seppala, E. (2007). Good feelings in Christianity and Buddhism:
Religious differences in ideal affect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,33, 409-421.
Tsai, J.L., Louie, J., Chen, E.E., & Uchida, Y. (2007). Learning what feelings to desire:
Socialization of ideal affect through children’s storybooks. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 17-30.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2007). Gender differences in emotional response among
European Americans and Hmong Americans. Cognition and Emotion, 21. 162-181.
Tsai, J.L., Levenson, R.W., & McCoy, K. (2006). Cultural and temperamental variation in emotional response. Emotion, 6, 484-497.
Tsai, J.L. Knutson, B., & Fung, H. H. (2006). Cultural variation in affect valuation. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 288-307. Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., & Tsai, J.L. (2006). The experience of college challenges among Chinese
Americans: Variation by migration status. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 4, 79-97.
Roisman, G.I., Tsai, J.L., & Chiang, K.S. (2004). The emotional integration of childhood
experience: Physiological, facial expressive, and self-reported emotional response during the Adult Attachment Interview. Developmental Psychology, 40, 776-789.
Tsai, J.L., Simenova, D., & Watanabe, J. (2004). Somatic and social: Chinese Americans talk
about emotion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1226-1238.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., & Tsai, J.L. (2004). Inventory of College Challenges for Ethnic Minority Students: Psychometric properties of a new instrument in Chinese Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 10, 351-364.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., & Tsai, J.L. (2004). Psychometric properties of the Intergenerational
Congruence in Immigrant Families-Child Scale in Chinese Americans. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 35, 91-103.
Tsai, J.L. & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (2003). Variation among European Americans in emotional
facial expression. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34, 650-657.
Tsai, J.L., Pole, N., Levenson, R.W., & Muñoz, R.F. (2003). The effects of depression on the emotional responses of Spanish-speaking Latinas. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 9, 49-63.
Tsai, J.L., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Friere-Bebau, L.H., & Przymus, D. (2002). Emotional
expression and physiology in European Americans and Hmong Americans. Emotion, 2, 380-397.
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Tsai, J.L., Morstensen, H., Wong, Y., & Hess, D. (2002). What does “Being American” mean?: Differences between Asian American and European American young adults. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 8, 257-273.
Tsai, J.L. (2001). Cultural orientation of Hmong young adults. Journal of Human Behavior in
the Social Environment, 3-4, 99-114. Tsai, J.L., Ying, Y.W., & Lee, P.A. (2001). Cultural predictors of self-esteem: A study of
Chinese American female and male young adults. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 7, 284-297.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., Tsai, J.L., Hung, Y., Lin, M., Wan, C.T. (2001). Asian American college
students as model minorities: An examination of their overall competence. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 7, 59-74.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., Tsai, J.L., Lee, Y.J., & Tsang, M. (2001). Network composition, social
integration, and sense of coherence in Chinese American young adults. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 3-4, 83-98.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., Tsai, J.L., Lee, Y.J., & Tsang, M. (2001). Relationship of young adult
Chinese Americans with their parents: Variation by migratory status and cultural orientation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71, 342-349.
Tsai, J.L., Levenson, R.W., & Carstensen, L.L. (2000). Autonomic, expressive, and subjective
responses to emotional films in older and younger Chinese American and European American adults. Psychology and Aging, 15, 684-693.
Tsai, J.L., Ying, Y., & Lee, P.A. (2000). The meaning of “being Chinese” and “being
American”: Variation among Chinese American young adults. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 31, 302-322.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., & Tsai, J.L. (2000). Cultural orientation and racial discrimination:
Predictors of coherence in Chinese American young adults. Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 427-442.
Ying, Y., Lee, P.A., Tsai, J.L., Yeh, Y., & Huang, J. (2000). The concept of depression in
Chinese American college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 6, 183-195.
Gross, J.J., Carstensen, L.L., Pasupathi, M., Tsai, J.L., Gottestam, K., & Hsu, A.Y.C. (1997).
Emotion and aging: Changes in experience, expression, and control. Psychology and Aging, 12, 590-599.
Tsai, J.L. & Levenson, R.W. (1997). Cultural influences on emotional responding: Chinese
American and European American dating couples during interpersonal conflict. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 28, 600-625.
Chapters (Invited)
Koopman-Holm, B. & Tsai, J.L. (in press). The cultural shaping of compassion. In J. Doty & E.
Seppala (Eds). Handbook of Compassion. Oxford University Press.
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Tsai, J. & Clobert, M. (in press). Cultural influences on emotion: Empirical patterns and emerging trends. In S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds). Handbook of cultural psychology. Oxford University Press.
Tsai, J. & Sims, T. (2016). Emotional aging in different cultures: Implications of Affect
Valuation Theory. In A. Ong & Corinna Lockenhoff (Eds). Emotion, aging, and health (pp. 119-143). American Psychological Association: Washington, D.C.
Zhang, Y.L. & Tsai, J.L. (2016). Positive psychology in Asian Americans: Theory and
research. In E.Chang, C.Downey & J. Hirsch (Eds). Positive Psychology in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups (pp. 37-60). American Psychological Association: Washington, D.C.
Tsai, J.L., Chim, L., & Sims, T. (2015). Consumer behavior, culture, and emotion. In A. Lee &
S. Ng (Eds.). Handbook of Culture and Consumer Behavior: Frontiers in Culture and Psychology (pp.68-98).Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Ryder, A., & Tsai, J.L. (2014). Understanding depression across
cultural contexts. In I. Gotlib & C. Hammen (Eds.). Handbook of Depression, 3rd edition (pp. 337-352). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Zhang, Y.L. & Tsai J.L. (2014). The assessment of acculturation, enculturation, and culture in
Asian American samples. In L. Benuto (Ed.), Guide to Psychological Assessment with Asian Americans (pp. 75-101). Springer: New York, NY.
Tsai, J.L. & Park, B.K. (2014). The cultural shaping of happiness: The role of ideal affect. In J.
Moskowitz & J. Gruber (Eds). The light and dark sides of positive emotion (pp. 345-362). Oxford University Press: New York, New York.
Tsai, J.L. (2013). The cultural shaping of emotion (and other feelings). In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF Publishers. DOI: www.nobaproject.com.
Tsai, J.L., Koopmann-Holm, B., Ochs, C. & Miyaki, M. (2013). The religious shaping of emotion: Implications of Affect Valuation Theory. In R. Paloutzian & C. Park (Eds). Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2nd edition (pp. 274-291). New York: Guilford Press.
Tsai, J.L. (2013). Dynamics of ideal affect. In D. Hermans, B. Rime, & B. Mesquita (Eds). Changing emotions (pp.120-126). Psychology Press.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y., & Tsai, J. (2009). Culture and depression. In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Depression (pp.194-198). New York: Springer Publishing.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y., & Tsai, J. (2009). Understanding depression across cultures. In I.
Gotlib & C. Hammen (Eds.), Handbook of Depression, 2nd ed. (pp. 363-385). New York: Guilford Press.
Wong, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2007). Cultural models of shame and guilt. In J. Tracy, R. Robins, & J.
Tangney (Eds). Handbook of Self-Conscious Emotions (pp.210-223). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
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Roberts, N.A., Tsai, J.L., & Coan, J. (2007). Emotion elicitation using dyadic interaction tasks. In J. Allen & J. Coan (Eds.). Handbook of Emotion Elicitation (pp. 106-123). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2007). Cultural factors influence the expression of
psychopathology. In W. O'Donohue & S. Lilienfeld (Eds.). The Great Ideas of Clinical Science: The 18 Concepts That Every Mental Health Practitioner and Researcher Should Understand (pp-375-396). New York, NY: Brunner-Taylor.
Cheryan, S. & Tsai, J.L. (2006). Ethnic identity. In F. Leong, A. Inman, A. Ebreo, L. Yang, L.
Kinoshita, & F. Fu (Eds). Handbook of Asian American Psychology (pp. 125-139). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Butcher, J.N., Mosch, S.C., Tsai, J.L., & Nezami, E. (2006). Cross-cultural applications of the
MMPI-2. In J. Butcher (Ed). MMPI-2: A practitioner’s guide (pp. 503-537). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
King, S.K., Tsai, J.L., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (2002). Psychophysiological studies of emotion
and psychopathology. In J.N. Butcher (Ed.). Clinical Personality Assessment (pp. 56-74). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Tsai, J.L., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (2002). Different models of cultural orientation in American-
and overseas-born Asian Americans. In K. Kurasaki, S. Okazaki, & S. Sue (Eds.). Asian American Mental Health: Assessment Theories and Methods (pp. 95-106). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Tsai, J.L. & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (2002). Understanding depression across cultures. In I.
Gotlib & C. Hammen (Eds.). Handbook of Depression (pp. 467-491). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Tsai, J.L., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., & Wong, Y. (2002). Why and how we should study ethnic
identity, acculturation, and cultural orientation. In G. Hall & S. Okazaki (Eds.). Asian American psychology: The science of lives in context (pp. 41-65). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Tsai, J.L., Przymus, D.E., & Best, J.L. (2002). Towards an understanding of Asian American
interracial dating and marriage. In M. Yalom & L. Carstensen (Eds.). Inside the American Couple (pp. 189-210). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Tsai, J.L., Butcher, J.N., Vitousek, K., & Munoz, R. (2001). Culture, ethnicity, and
psychopathology. In H.E. Adams & P.B. Sutker (Eds.). The Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology (pp.105-127). New York, NY: Plenum Press.
Tsai, J.L. (1999). Culture. In D. Levinson, J. Ponzetti, & P. Jorgensen (Eds.). Encyclopedia of
Human Emotion (pp.159-166). New York, NY: Macmillan Press. Pasupathi, M., Carstensen, L.L., Turk-Charles, S., & Tsai, J.L. (1998). Emotion and aging. In
H. Friedman (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Mental Health (pp. 91-101). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Tsai, J.L. & Carstensen, L. L. (1996). Clinical intervention with ethnic minority elders. In L.L.
Carstensen, B.A. Edelstein, & L. Dornbrand (Eds.). The Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology (pp.76-106). Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publishers.
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Pasupathi, M., Carstensen, L.L., & Tsai, J.L. (1994). Ageism in interpersonal settings. In B.
Lott & D. Maluso (Eds.). The Social Psychology of Interpersonal Discrimination (pp.160-182). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Presentations
Invited Talks and Colloquia
Tsai, J.L. (2016, July). “Cultural differences in ideal affect: Implications for mental health and other important things.” Invited plenary talk at the 4th Biennial American Psychological Association Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race) Research Conference. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2016, May). “Affect Valuation Theory: Integrating temperamental and cultural
influences on affect.” Invited talk in M. Shiota (Chair). Nature x Nurture: Interactions Between Evolutionary and Cultural Mechanisms in Affective Science. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago, IL.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, November). “The cultural shaping of mental health: The role of ideal affect.” Invited talk in S. Joshi (Chair), How Culture, Self-Identification, and Mindset can Influence Emotions and Feeling States,” Plenary symposium at the “Young, gifted, and @risk” conference for educators and counselors, Stanford University.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, November). “The role of ideal affect in patient-physician interaction.” Invited
talk at the Vaden Health Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, September). “The role of ideal affect in patient-physician interaction.” Invited talk at the Stanford Department of Medicine, Grand Rounds, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, March). “Does ideal affect drive diagnosis of depression?” Invited talk at the
Department of Psychology, Clinical colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2014, August). “Ideal affect: Cultural causes and behavioral consequences.” Invited
talk at the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO.
Tsai, J.L. (2014, March). “Culture, aging, and ideal affect.” Invited talk at the Road to
Automated Vehicles and the Aging Population Workshop, Stanford Center on Longevity, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2013, October). “Ideal affect: Cultural variation across the life span and
implications for views of old age.” Invited talk at the Fourth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference: New Developments in Aging, Emotion, and Health, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
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Tsai, J.L. (2013, June). “The cultural shaping of ideal affect.” Invited talk in S. Heine (Chair). The Influencing Independent Self and the Adjusting Interdependent Self: Consequences for Self-Enhancement, Preferred Emotions, and Societal Clashes. Symposium conducted at regional conference of International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2012, April). “Ideal affect: Cultural causes and behavioral consequences.” Invited
talk at the Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Tsai, J.L. (2011, April). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department of
Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Madison, WI. Tsai, J.L. (2011, January). “Cultural shaping of emotion.” Invited talk at the Wright Institute,
Berkeley, CA. Tsai, J.L. (2010, October). “Does meditation make people more compassionate?” Invited talk
at the Compassion, Science, and Society Scientific Conference with the Dalai Lama, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2010, September). “Practice defines perfect: Meditation and emotional ideals.”
Invited talk at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Tsai, J.L. (2009, April). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department of
Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Tsai, J.L. (2009, January). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Wright
Institute, Berkeley, CA. Tsai, J.L. (2008, June). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department of
Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Tsai, J.L. (2008, March). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Center for
Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Tsai, J.L. (2007, May). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department of
Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. Tsai, J.L. (2007, March). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department
of Psychology at Boston College. Tsai, J.L. (2006, June). “Cultural variation in affect valuation: Clinical implications.” Invited talk
at the NIMH Family Research Consortium IV Summer Institute, Spokane, WA.
Tsai, J.L. (2006, April). “Affect valuation: Beyond the pursuit of happiness.” Invited talk at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2005, March). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department
of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Tsai, J.L. (2005, February). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” Invited talk at the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside.
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Tsai, J.L. (2004, May). “Affect valuation: Theory, measurement, and cultural variation.” Invited talk at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.
Tsai, J.L. (2003, November). “Affect valuation: Theory, measure, and cultural variation.”
Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
Tsai, J.L. (2003, May). “Differences between Asian Americans and European Americans in
emotion: What, why, and how.” Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Tsai, J.L. (2003, January). “The cultural shaping of emotion.” Invited colloquium at the
Department of Psychology, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. Tsai, J.L. (2002, December). “The cultural shaping of emotion.” Invited colloquium at the
Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Tsai, J.L. (2002, December). “Immigrant families: The effects of acculturation on parent-child
relationships.” Jing Lyman Lecture Series. Institute of Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Carstensen, L.L. & Tsai, J.L. (2002, June). “Culture, emotion, and well-being in older adults.”
Invited talk at the summer workshop for the Minority Aging Network in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California.
Tsai, J.L. (2002, April). “Chinese Americans’ feelings toward their parents: Physiological and
facial-expressive responses.” Invited colloquium at Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI.
Tsai, J.L. (2001, November). “The role of cultural frameworks in directing visual attention to
emotion.” Invited talk at the New Look at Race: How Social Representations of Race Affect Visual Perception & Attention Conference, Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Carstensen, L.L. & Tsai, J.L. (2001, July). “Culture, emotion, and well-being in older adults.”
Invited talk at the summer workshop for the Minority Aging Network in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California.
Tsai, J.L. (2001, May). “How does culture influence emotional experience and expression?”
Invited talk at the Mind and Emotion Conference: From the Molecular to the Cultural, Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Tsai, J.L. (2001, January). “How does culture influence how we feel? Emotion in Asian
American and European American contexts.” Invited talk at the National Research Center for Asian American Mental Health, Davis, California.
Tsai, J.L. (2000, November). “Culture, attention, and emotion.” Invited talk at the Institute for
Personality and Social Research, Berkeley, California. Tsai, J.L. (2000, August). “Cultural influences on relived emotions: Physiology, verbal report,
and their interrelations.” Invited talk at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotion. Quebec City, Canada.
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Tsai, J.L. (2000, March). “Culture and emotion.” Invited talk presented at the Mind and Life
2000 conference on Destructive Emotions: Dialogues Between Buddhism and the Sciences: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India.
Tsai, J.L. (2000, February). “How does culture influence what we feel?” Invited colloquium at
the Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Tsai, J.L. (2000, February). “How does culture influence what we feel?” Invited colloquium at
the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (1999, December). “Culture, emotion, and psychopathology.” Invited colloquium presented at the Institute of Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, November). “The meaning of ‘being Chinese’ and ‘being American:’ Variation
among Chinese American young adults." Invited paper presented at conference on Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Issues in the Mental Health Assessment of Asian Americans. The National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health, Davis, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, August). “Culture, context, and components of emotion.” Invited paper
presented at Cultural Psychology: Stanford Mini-Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, May). “Culture and identity.” Invited paper presented at Identity Through the
Life Course in Cross-Cultural Perspective Conference organized by the Life Course Center, University of Minnesota.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, February). “Cultural influences on emotional processes.” Invited paper
presented at the Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Tsai, J. L. (1997, April). “Culture and the three C’s: Classes, components, and contexts of
emotion.” Invited paper presented at the Institute for Personality and Social Research, Berkeley, California.
Symposia/Conference Presentations Bencharit, L.Z. & Tsai, J.L. (2016, March). “Hire me! The cultural shaping of emotional values
and expressions in job applications.” Data blitz talk given at the annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Chicago, IL.
Bencharit, L.Z. & Tsai, J.L. (2016, January). “Cultural differences in the desired emotions for work.” Data blitz talk given at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2016, January). “Patients prefer and respond more positively to physicians who
match their ideal affect.” In L. Scherer and R. Ferrer (Co-chairs). Affective Decision Processes in Health and Medicine. Symposium conducted at annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA.
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Tsai, J.L. (2015, April). “Matching calm values and activities enhances happiness.” In B. Ford (Chair). Emerging Trends in Positive Psychology. Symposium conducted at annual meeting of the Society of Affective Science Positive Emotion Preconference. Oakland, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, February). “Cultural differences in ideal affect reflected in leaders’ smiles.” In
N. Senft (Chair). Beliefs about emotions: Outcomes at the individual, interpersonal, and cultural levels. Symposium conducted at annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2014, October). “Cultural differences in expressions of sympathy between two
independent cultures.” In J. Tsai and B. Mesquita (Co-chairs). The cultural shaping of negative emotions and their implications for empathy and sympathy. Symposium conducted at annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, OH.
Tsai, J.L. (2014, February). “Culture shapes neural responses to calm and excited smiles.” In
B. Cheon (Chair). Culture and emotion: Advances from cultural psychology and cultural neuroscience. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Tsai, J.L. (2013, October). “Culture shapes neural responses to calm and excited smiles.” In
J. Chiao (Chair). Culture and emotion: New insights from cultural psychology and cultural neuroscience. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Berkeley, CA.
Chim, L., Moon, A., Ang, Y., & Tsai, J.L. (2013, June). “Magazine ads, Facebook pages, and
company websites reflect cultural differences in ideal affect.” In T. Masuda (Chair). Culture and the Mind: Implications for Art, Design, and Advertising. Symposium conducted at regional conference of International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Sims, T., Tsai, J.L., & To, M. (2013, June). “North American emotional values shape clinicians'
perceptions of depression.” In W. Tsai (Chair). Examining the Effects of Culture on Emotional Expression and Reactivity. Symposium conducted at regional conference of International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Chim, L., Tsai, J.L., Park, B.K., Knutson, B. (2013, April). “Cultural differences in behavioral
and neural responses to calm and excited smiles.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Koopmann-Holm, B. & Tsai, J.L. (2013, January). “Cultural differences in avoided negative affect lead to different compassionate responses.” In Y. Chentsova-Dutton & B. Koopmann-Holm (Chairs). The push and pull of negative emotions: Cultural and individual differences in the effects of negative emotions on compassion, attention, behavior, and psychological adjustment. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society of Social Psychology and Personality Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Sims, T., Wang, I., & Tsai, J.L. (2012, January). “Cultural differences in the experience of
mixed emotions: The role of ideal affect.” In J. Larsen (Chair). “There is no sweetness without bitterness”: Cultural differences in the experience of mixed emotion. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society of Social Psychology and Personality Psychology, San Diego, CA.
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Tsai, J.L. (2011, January). “The pursuit of ideal affect.” In L. Cheriassky (Chair). The
motivational properties of anticipatory affect. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Psychology and Personality Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Tsai, J.L. & Koopmann, B.K. (2010, October). “The religious shaping of emotional ideals.” In J.
Saski and H.J. Kim (Co-chairs). Implications of religion for the self: From emotion and cognition to behavior. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Minneapolis, MN.
Tsai, J.L. (2009, February). “Ideal affect across the life span: Similarities and differences
between European Americans and Chinese Americans.” In M. Tamir (Chair), What do people want to feel? Exploring motives in emotion regulation. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Tsai, J.L. (2007, April). “Changes in ideal affect across the lifespan.” Presentation at Emotion
Research Group, Point Reyes, CA. Tsai, J.L. (2007, January). Affect valuation theory. In D. Matsumoto (Chair). Debate on culture
and emotion: Going beyond universality and culture-specificity. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Tsai, J.L. (2006, November). “Changes in affect valuation across the lifespan.” In D.
Issacowitz and H.H. Fung (Co-chairs). Aging and emotional processing: Early and late effects. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX.
Tsai, J.L. (2006, October). “Influencing vs. adjusting to others: Mediators of cultural
differences in ideal affect.” In. T. Pittman & Y. Dutton (Co-chairs). Cultural and contextual influences on emotion. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
Tsai, J.L. (2006, August). “Cultural variation in affect valuation: Beyond the pursuit of
happiness.” In D. McCarthy & J. Tsai (Co-chairs). New perspectives on the cultural shaping of emotion. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotions, Atlanta, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2006, April). “Cultural differences in affect valuation due to influence and
adjustment goals.” Presentation at the Emotion Research Group, Miami, FL. Tsai, J.L. (2004, January). “Cultural variation in affect valuation.” In C. Wan (Chair), Cultural
values, self, and identity: Perspectives on the interrelations among the three. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Tsai, J.L. (2004, January). “Cultural variation in the experience and expression of shame.” In
J. Tracy & R.Robins (Chairs), Current directions in research on self-conscious emotions. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
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Tsai, J.L. (2003, February). “Cultural variation in Non-Duchenne smiles during positive emotional events.” In P. Ellsworth (Chair).Cultural differences in emotions: Theoretical approaches. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2002, October). “Cultural models of emotional expression: Effects on physiology
and facial behavior during relived emotion.” In J. Tsai (Chair). What has psychophysiology revealed about ethnicity and emotion? Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Washington, DC.
Tsai, J.L. (2000, August). “Why and how we should study ethnic identity, cultural orientation,
and acculturation?” In G. Hall & S. Okazaki (Chairs). Asian American Psychology: Scientific innovations for the 21st century. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Asian American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Tsai, J.L. (2000, August). “Emotional reactivity of depressed and non-depressed Spanish-
speaking Latinas.” In W. Heller & D. Beidel (Chairs). Constructing mental health: The embodiment of culture, emotion, and language. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, Washington, DC.
Tsai, J.L. (1999, June). “Cultural influences on physiology, expressive behavior, and reported
emotion during interpersonal conflict.” In J.Tsai (Chair). Advances in experimental cultural psychology: Cultural influences on cognition, emotion, and motivation. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, August). “Chinese and European American dating couples: Emotion and
interpersonal harmony.” In Y.Ying (Chair). Social relationships of Asian American youths: Intergenerational, peer, and romantic. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, August). “’Being Chinese, Being American’: Variation among American-born
and immigrant Chinese college students.” In V. Benet-Martinez (Chair), Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of acculturation: Current efforts and new directions. Symposium conducted at the biennial International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bellingham, Washington.
Tsai, J.L. (1998, May). “Cultures within context: Emotion in Chinese American and European
American dating couples.” In S. Lyubomirsky & J.L. Tsai (Chairs), The mechanisms of cultural influence: Understanding cultural differences in emotion, morality, and violence. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
Tsai, J.L. & Levenson, R.W. (1996, October). “Emotion and physiology in Asian and European
American cultures.” In R. Simons (Chair), Off to the races: Ethnicity in contemporary psychophysiology. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, CANADA.
Tsai, J.L. & Levenson, R.W. (1996, June). “Beyond ethnographic notions: Cultural influences
on emotional responding.” In R. Levenson (Chair), Culture and psychological processes. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.
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Tsai, J.L. (1996, April). “Depression in Chinese American college students.” In Y. Ying (Chair), Chinese American college students: A model minority? Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.
Tsai, J.L. & Levenson, R.W. (1994, June). “Cultural norms regarding emotion and their
implications for emotional responding in Chinese American and European American couples.” Paper presented at the workshop of the National Institute of Mental Health Post-Doctoral Training Program on Emotion Research, Berkeley, CA.
Recent Talks/Lectures to Non-Academic Audiences
Tsai, J.L. (2016, June). “How culture shapes our feelings: Implications for happiness and
other important things.” Invited talk at the Palo Alto Rotary Club, Palo Alto, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2016, June). “How culture influences emotion: Implications for work settings.” Invited talk at Environmental Defense Fund Annual Retreat, Cambridge, MD.
Tsai, J.L. (2016, May). “How culture influences emotion.” Invited micro-lecture to 2400
Stanford alumni at Stanford Connects honoring President John Hennessy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqL6eDkcfs&list=PLkCqtkRNkFgDa3ol-MhiWxrO4WRhvNZzA&index=15
Tsai, J.L. (2016, April). “How culture influences emotion.” Invited talk at the 50th anniversary
research symposium of Stanford Bing Nursery School, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2016, April). “Culture and mental health.” Invited talk as part of webinar “How
culture and identity shape and affect mental health among young adults” for the Steve Fund. Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, October). “How your culture influences your emotions.” Invited talk at the 21st
Century Fox Leadership Off-site. Palm Springs, CA. Tsai, J.L. (2015, October). “How culture shapes our feelings: Implications for happiness and
other important things.” Invited talk at the Stanford Reunion Homecoming for the Stanford Alumni Association. Stanford, CA.
Tsai, J.L. (2015, May). “How does culture shape our feelings?” Invited talk at the Bing Nursery
School Distinguished Lecture, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Poster Presentations
Park, B., Tsai, J. L., & Knutson, B. (2016, April). Cultural values moderate neural predictors of
giving. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, New York, NY.
Park, B., Tsai, J. L., & Knutson, B. (2016, March). Americans donate more to recipients with
excited expressions: Ideal affect drives donations in the dictator game. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Chicago, IL.
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Blevins, E., Tsai, J.L., Ang, J., Goernandt, J., Fung, H.H., & Jiang, D. (2016, January). Cultural differences in ideal affect reflected in leaders’ smiles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Park, B, Tsai, J. L., & Knutson, B. (2016, January). Excited faces facilitate giving for European
Americans but not Koreans: The role of ideal affect. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Blevins, E., Tsai, J.L., Ang, J., Goernandt, J., Fung, H.H., & Jiang, D. (2015, May). Cultural
differences in ideal affect reflected in leaders’ smiles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Blevins, E., Tsai, J.L., Ang, J., Goernandt, J., Fung, H.H., & Jiang, D. (2015, April). Leaders’
smiles reflect their nations’ ideal affect. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Affective Science, Oakland, CA.
Park, BK., Tsai, J. L., & Knutson, B. (2015, April). Do cultural ideals about emotion influence
giving to others? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Oakland, CA. ***Received Student Poster Award.
Park, BK., Tsai, J. L., & Knutson, B. (2015, February). Americans donate more to recipients
with excited expressions: Ideal affect drives donations in the dictator game. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Zhang, Y.L., Tsai, J.L., Jiang, D., & Fung, H. (2015, March). Asian Americans switch
emotional responses to cultural cues in the workplace. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science, San Francisco, CA.
Zhang, Y.L., Tsai, J.L., Jiang, D., & Fung, H. (2015, February). Asian Americans switch emotional responses to cultural cues in the workplace. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Park, B.K., Tsai, J.L., & Knutson, B. (2014, February). Culture influences giving through ideal
affect: European Americans give more to excited smiles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Park, B.K., Tsai, J.L., & Knutson, B. (2014, May). Americans (vs. Koreans) give more to
excited recipients: Ideal affect drives donations in the Dictator Game. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Zhang, Y.L. & Tsai, J.L. (2014, May). Asian Americans switch emotional responses to American and Chinese internship applications. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Zhang, Y.L. & Tsai, J.L. (2014, February). Navigating two worlds: How culture shapes biculturals’ emotional behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Chim, L., Tsai, J.L., Moon, A., Ho, Y.W., Fung, H. (2013, Jan). What’s in a smile? Culture
shapes emotion-based social inferences. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Sims, T., Tsai, J.L., & Goldstein, M. (2013, January). Ideal affect shapes emotionally framed health care options. Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Young, H., Sims, T. & Tsai, J.L. (2013, January). Western affective representations of illness
collide with Asian Americans’ affective indicators of illness. Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Chim, L., Moon, A., Tsai, J.L., Ho, Y.W., & Fung, H. (2012, January). Riding the emotional
rollercoaster: The role of culture and ideal affect in emotional experience. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA.
Koopmann-Holm, B. & Tsai, J.L. (2012, January). Does the desire to avoid negative feelings
shape responses to suffering? A comparison of American and German contexts. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA.
Lowdermilk, C., Chim, L., & Tsai, J.L. (2012, January). Do you want to “feel the burn”? Ideal
affect influences exercise perceptions, choices, and experiences. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA.
Chim, L., Tsai, J.L., Zhu, L., Zhang, X., Ho, Y., Fung, H.L. (2011, January). Cultural
differences in the importance of ought affect for mental health. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Koopmann-Holm, B. & Tsai, J. L. (2011, January). Cultural differences in avoided affect: A
comparison of American and German contexts. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Moon, A., Chim, L., Tsai, J.L., Ho, Y., Fung, H.L. (2011, January). The influence of cultural
differences in ideal affect on self-presentation and other-perception of Facebook profiles. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Tsai J.L., Thomas E.A., Sims T.L., Park C., Hong J., Fung, H. (2011, January). You’re getting
old…Get over it! Chinese American views of old age enhance emotional adjustment. Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Chim, L., Moon, A., & Tsai, J.L. (2010, January). Emotional values and emotional response:
Does ideal affect influence how people experience emotional events? Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Koopmann-Holm, B., Ochs, C., & Tsai, J. L. (2010, January). Compassion and mindfulness
meditation: Both roads lead to a calm ideal. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
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Sims, T.L., Tsai, J.L., & Goldstein, M.K (2009, October). Ideal affect mediates age-related cultural differences in physician preference. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Hollywood, CA.
Koopmann, B., Sze, J., Lee, K., Seppala, E. & Tsai, J.L. (2009, May). Practice defines perfect:
Meditation changes emotional ideals. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Tsai, J.L., Thomas, E.A., Sims, T.L., Park, C., Hong, J., Fung, H.H. (2009, May). Ideal affect
across the lifespan: Variation among European American and Chinese American adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Chim, L., Moon, A., Tsai, J.L. (2009, February). Beauty is in the culture of the beholden: The
occurrence and perception of American and Chinese smiles in magazines. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Koopmann, B., Sze, J., Lee, K., & Tsai, J.L. (2009, February). Religious practice and ideal
affect: The effect of mindfulness meditation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Sims, T. & Tsai, J.L. (2009, February). Ideal affect and health care preferences. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2006, January). Intensity of emotional responding depends
on culturally normative focus of attention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Miao, F., Seppala, E., Tsai, J.L., & Fung, H.H. (2006, January). Cultural differences in affect
valuation due to influence and adjustment goals. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Louie, J., Chen, E., Tsai, J.L., & Uchida, Y. (2006, January). Cultural differences in affect
valuation among preschool children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2005, February). Self, family, and emotional responding in
Asian Americans and European Americans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2003, February). Variation among European Americans in
emotional expressive behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Tsai, J.L., Simenova, D., Watanabe, J. (2003, February). Cultural variation in linguistic style
during emotional events. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
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Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2002, October). Gender differences in emotional responding: Spontaneous and relived emotions across cultural groups. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Washington, D.C.
Roisman, G. & Tsai, J.L. (2001, October). Physiological correlates of emotional
dismissiveness during the Adult Attachment Interview: Generalizability across sex and ethnic groupings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, CANADA.
Tsai, J.L., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., & Freire, Bebeau, L. (2001, October). Cultural differences in
the relationship between physiological responding and facial expression during negative emotion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, CANADA.
Chentsova-Dutton, Y. & Tsai, J.L. (2000, October). Culture and the coherence of emotion.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, San Diego, CA.
Tsai, J.L., Pole, N., Przymus, D., Levenson, R., & Muñoz, R.F. (1999, October). Depression
alters Latinas’ emotional responses to negative and positive film clips. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Granada, SPAIN.
Tsai, J. L. & Levenson, R.W. (1997, October). Culture, physiology, and reported affect:
Couples during enjoyable conversations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA.
Tsai, J. L. & Levenson, R.W. (1996, October). Ethnographic notions of the relationship
between physiology and reported affect in Chinese and European cultures: A test of opposing predictions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, CANADA.
Tsai, J.L. & Levenson, R.W. (1995, October). A test of emotional moderation in Chinese
American culture: Affect and physiology during conflictive interactions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Toronto, CANADA.
Tsai, J.L. & Levenson, R.W. (1995, April). Cultural norms regarding emotion: Chinese
American and European American couples during conflict. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Tsai, J.L., Levenson, R.W., & Carstensen, L.L. (1994, October). Age differences in the
intensity of physiological, subjective, and behavioral responses to emotional films. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Atlanta, GA.
Tsai, J.L., Levenson, R.W., & Carstensen, L.L. (1992, October). Physiological and subjective
responses of Chinese Americans and European Americans to emotional films. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, San Diego, CA.
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Tsai, J.L., Levenson, R.W., & Carstensen, L.L. (1992, June). Physiological and subjective responses of Chinese Americans and European Americans to emotional films. Poster presented at the International Conference on Culture and Emotion, Eugene, OR.
Teaching Activities Courses
Introduction to Personality Psychology and Affective Science, Stanford University Selected Topics and Methods in Cultural Psychology, Stanford University Seminar on Culture and Emotion, Stanford University The Cultural Shaping of Mental Health and Illness, Stanford University Graduate Seminar in Affective Science (team-taught), Stanford University Culture and Social Relationships, Stanford University Introduction to Clinical Research and Practice, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Introduction to Cultural Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Emotion Theory and Research, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Introduction to Psychology (team-taught), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Other Teaching Activities
1998-1999 Participant, Bush Faculty Development Program on Excellence and Diversity in Teaching.
University/Department Service 2016- Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, School of Sciences and
Humanities, Stanford University 2015-6 Director, Asian American Studies, Center of Comparative Studies of Race and
Ethnicity, Stanford University 2014- Faculty Representative, Asian American Activities Center Advisory Board,
Stanford University
2014- Co-chair, Undergraduate Education Committee, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford 2012-2015 Head, Affective Science Area, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford 2010-11 Head, Affective Science Area, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford 2009-2014 Chair, Undergraduate Education Committee, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford 2009-10 Co-Director, Undergraduate Program, Center of Comparative Studies of Race
and Ethnicity, Stanford University
2008-9 Director, Undergraduate Program, Center of Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University
2008-2011 Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, School of Sciences and
Humanities, Stanford University 2008-2011 Member, Diversity Committee, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University
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2006-2009 Co-chair, Colloquium Committee, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University 2006-2011 Member, NSF Graduate Student Diversity Committee, Stanford University 2005- 2006 Member, Admissions Committee, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University 2002-2003 Member, Developmental Search Committee, Department of Psychology,
Stanford University. 2001-2004 Chair, Colloquium Committee, Department of Psychology, Stanford University. 2001-2005 Faculty Adviser, Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Association, Department
of Psychology, Stanford University 2001-2002 Member, Dissertation Fellowship Committee, Center for Comparative Studies
on Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University.
2000-2001 Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
2001-2002 Member, Undergraduate Education Committee, Department of Psychology,
Stanford University 1999-2000 Member, Preliminary Review Committee, Department of Psychology, University
of Minnesota. 1998-1999 Member, CLA Assembly, University of Minnesota 1998-1999 Member, Asian American Studies Planning Committee, University of
Minnesota. 1998-1999 Member, Colloquium Committee, Department of Psychology, University of
Minnesota.
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